Increase in Department of Veterans Affairs Special Pension Payable to Medal of Honor Recipients
Section 3 · Sec. 3 ·
What this chapter is about
This part changes how much the monthly pay is. The old law set one dollar sum. Now the pay is tied to a rate paid to hurt veterans. The pay may not go up twice in one year.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“by striking ``the rate of $1,406.73'' and inserting ``the rate described in subparagraph (B)''”
Section 3 amends subsection (a)(1) of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code. The dollar figure the subsection carried is struck and a cross reference put in its place, and the existing text is designated subparagraph (A). What the rate becomes is set by the new subparagraph (B), recorded separately.
What the document actually says
“by striking ``the rate of $1,406.73'' and inserting ``the rate described in subparagraph (B)''”
That sentence, in plain words
The old words set the pay at $1,406.73 each month. Those words come out. New words point to a rate.
What this is about
The old law named one sum. The new words are set out later in this same part.
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The document says “means”Who acts: Congress, Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“The rate described in this subparagraph is equal to the amount of monthly compensation paid to a veteran without dependents under subsection (m) of section 1114 of this title, increased to the next intermediate rate under subsection (p) of such section.”
The new subparagraph (B) added at the end of section 1562(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code. It fixes the special pension at the monthly compensation paid to a veteran without dependents under subsection (m) of section 1114 of that title, increased to the next intermediate rate under subsection (p) of that section. Section 1114 is cited, not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“The rate described in this subparagraph is equal to the amount of monthly compensation paid to a veteran without dependents under subsection (m) of section 1114 of this title, increased to the next intermediate rate under subsection (p) of such section.”
That sentence, in plain words
The pay is equal to a sum paid each month to a veteran with no family to keep. Then it moves up one step.
What this is about
The rate comes from section 1114 of title 38. Two parts of it are used. What those parts say is not set out here.
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The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall not, under paragraph (1), increase the amount of monthly special pension payable under subsection (a) in a year if such amount was otherwise increased during such year.”
The new paragraph (2) added at the end of subsection (e) of section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, along with the words subject to paragraph (2) inserted into the text now designated paragraph (1). It bars the Secretary from making an increase under paragraph (1) in a year in which the amount was otherwise increased. Paragraph (1) is the existing statute and is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall not, under paragraph (1), increase the amount of monthly special pension payable under subsection (a) in a year if such amount was otherwise increased during such year.”
That sentence, in plain words
The head of the agency may not raise this pay twice in one year. One raise a year is the limit.
What this is about
The rule points back to a rule in the old law. What that rule says is not set out here.
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The three things the section's amendments do: the fixed dollar figure is struck, a new rate is set in its place, and a second increase within the same year is barred.
Purely mechanical amendments. Inserting the designators (A), (B), (1) and (2) so the existing text can be subdivided is recorded only where it changes what somebody must do.
The section works by amending section 1562 of title 38, United States Code, so a reader following a citation into that statute will find the older wording until this one is applied. Section 1114 of title 38, which the new rate is measured against, is not indexed here, so what that rate amounts to in dollars is not recorded. Neither is what paragraph (1) of section 1562(e) provides.
